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FROM : MH. D. Stevens

suyject: THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE #735116)

1. According to a newsvaper colwm of “Alien and Scott" in the
Chicago American of 6 Dacenber 1963, on the OSWALD Case, Abram CH.
Legal Officer of the State Department, was one of tyo persons im-
mediately responsible for OSWALD's being permitted to return to the
United States from the Soviet Union in June 1952, The othar individual
named was Llewellyn THOMPSON, the then Ambassador to Russia. Another .
said to have been involved in the handling of OSWALD's case wis Samuel
WISE, Counsel of the American Embassy in Moscov.

2. Abram CHAYES, # 735 223h, who as of 16 Febrnery 1961. vas desorived
as "the new Counsel. in Sete” was grented Security anprovall for lieison -
contact with J. Foster COLLINS (in the office of the Chief of the Covert -
Action Staf?r) on 6 March 1951. The request for CHAYES' clearence was a

a'need~to-know bash Se

3. In September 1961 there was a ‘White House namecheck request Ou
CHAYES! wife Antonia (Toni) Leigh CHAYES, nee: HANDLE:

4. In March 1962, CHAYES was granted a renoval of his Liaison
contact clearance with of CA on a continuing basis. This time his contact
was Archibald ROOSEVELT, Jr.e

5. on 10 February 1962, HUNAN EVENTS reported as follows wi th,
reference to CHAYES:

"SOFT ON COMMUNISM: Representative Francis E. Walter (R.-~Pa.),
Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, has
scored the new State Deoartment regulations on passports, clein-
ing they would allow Reds denied passports to "rifle freely the °
confidential files of the FBI, the CIA and other investigative
egencies." The man behind the new regulations, which Welter
claivis violate the Internal Sccurity Act of 1950, is reportedly
State's chief legal officer, Abram Chayes. Chayes, a Kennedy
appointee, is an ex-rarvard pro: c wilo was Chester Bowles!
top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut.
Valter has irtroduced legislobion to remedy the new passport

regulations." :
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6. Samuel WISh, "Counsel in the American Embassy in Noscow"™ vho
is referred to above, may well be Samuel. Griffin WISE Jr., #7hoTs,
SD & SED, who apparently was once a contract employee on AEACTIVE.
The Etate Depar’ tment reviewed WISE's file on 2 June 1954; and as of
September 1962 a Sanuel G. WISE was Second Secretary of the Ameri
Fnbassy in Moscow, % that time WISE advised in a cable to the
Departrent _ :

DAVIS' case is very similar to that of
OSWALD; and he, Like ian, lived in the Soviet Union for two years
after his defection end. prior to making appli cation for return to the
United States. ./ . ;
{- WISE was an applicant for CIA employment in early 1953 and
was security approved subject to polysraph on 11 August 1953. He did.
not enter on duty and in Septerber 1953 the office which had been
interested in him was "no longer intere ssted". On 13 November 1953,
WISE was granted a CSA to permit his use ag a contract employee on
AEACTIVE in New York City. His CSA was cancelled on 2h March 1958.

8. WISE wos nazed as a friend of William Orville MUNSELL, 261693-DL,
during an investigation of the latter for possible CIA employment in 1950.

only person she ner by name: with who MONSELD, Vas" Priendly.
to the informant, WISE was a student at Columbia University vhose. “addres 28S
was 123 Furnald Hell. MUNSELL was Security disapproved for CIA explo: ant.
in June 1952 because of his close association on a professional and social
basis, while attending Denver University from 1946 to 1951, with persén:

of questionable loyality. In November 1954, MUNSELL was of of interest. to
project FJALIVE with reference to assignment to Dhahran, “Saudi Are ia;
however, the interested office withdrew their requést on him, after

Security advised of the derogatory information regarding hin.

9. WISE from 19532 to 1954 attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale,

' New York, which was attacked by a Citizen's Group, which alleged Commmist

influence in the school system. He had several questionable associates in

-addition to MUNSELL.:

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M. D. Stevens


